The key questions Keir Starmer must answer over Mandelson appointment

PM to give Commons statement on Monday, a day before sacked civil servant Olly Robbins tells his side of the storyThe next 48 hours will be crucial for Keir Starmer’s troubled premiership as he faces continuing calls to resign over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. On Monday, Starmer will give a statement to the House of Commons on the Guardian’s revelation that Mandelson was allowed to serve as US ambassador despite failing a vetting process run by security officials. On Tuesday, Olly Robbins, the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, who Starmer sacked on Thursday and is trying to blame for the row, will give his side of the story. Here are the key questions Starmer must answer. Continue reading...